250 articles by Sydney Halleman

• Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill by mail

  May 15, 2026

• Physicians skeptical of insurer pledges to reform prior authorization: survey

  May 14, 2026

• Mayo Clinic CEO to step down at year’s end

  May 13, 2026

• Worker strikes cost Kaiser over $1B in Q1

  May 12, 2026

• Sanford targets Minnesota growth again with planned deal

  May 11, 2026

• Federation of American Hospitals taps new government relations head

  May 8, 2026

• Atrium Health, WakeMed propose to merge

  May 5, 2026

• Cost management, outpatient unit helped Tenet weather volume headwinds in Q1

  May 1, 2026

• Health disparities persist across states and may widen further with federal cuts: report

  April 29, 2026

• UHS reaffirms 2026 volume targets, despite seasonal hits in Q1

  April 29, 2026

• Frequency of medical liability lawsuits is declining, but risk remains for doctors: AMA

  April 28, 2026

• ACA subsidy lapse cost HCA Healthcare $150M in Q1

  April 27, 2026

• Flagging first-quarter volumes dragged CHS’ earnings

  April 23, 2026

• Prices rose after No Surprises arbitration for some care: analysis

  April 22, 2026

• Providers push back on 340B rebate model

  April 21, 2026

• Walmart expands digital health platform’s weight loss offerings, including GLP-1 prescribing

  April 16, 2026

• ChristianaCare names successor after CEO retires

  April 15, 2026

• Medicare proposes 2.4% pay bump for inpatient hospitals in 2027, floats mandatory model

  April 13, 2026

• Hospital M&A rebounds after 2025 lull

  April 10, 2026

• Orlando Health agrees to acquire Alabama-based RMC Health System

  April 9, 2026

• Jefferson Health sues Aetna over Medicare Advantage ‘downcoding’ policy

  April 8, 2026

• CHS closes sale of Alabama hospital

  April 2, 2026

• Over 130 hospitals sue HHS over DSH payments

  April 1, 2026

• Duke Health names familiar face as new CEO

  March 30, 2026

• Justice Department sues NewYork-Presbyterian in second hospital antitrust case this year

  March 27, 2026

• Cencora to buy EyeSouth’s retina business for $1.1B

  March 24, 2026

• Sutter, Allina Health to form $26B nonprofit system

  March 18, 2026

• Cencora CFO announces retirement

  March 17, 2026

• GuardDog Telehealth admits to improper record sharing in Epic court case

  March 16, 2026

• Vanderbilt Health CEO to retire at the end of the year

  March 13, 2026

• Providence CFO to step down

  March 11, 2026

• Leapfrog must remove safety grades from 5 Tenet-owned hospitals, judge says

  March 10, 2026

• CHS to offload 4 hospitals in Arkansas

  March 9, 2026

• Mayo Clinic rides admissions gains to higher net revenue in 2025

  March 6, 2026

• HHS gets serious on information blocking enforcement

  March 5, 2026

• Brian Evanko to succeed David Cordani as CEO of Cigna

  March 3, 2026

• Former Optum chief departs UnitedHealth

  March 2, 2026

• UHS eyes rising admissions targets this year despite headwinds

  Feb. 27, 2026

• Trump administration halts over $259M in Medicaid funds to Minnesota

  Feb. 26, 2026

• Private equity firm to buy home health and hospice provider Enhabit in $1.1B deal

  Feb. 24, 2026

• Justice Department sues OhioHealth over alleged anticompetitive insurer contracts

  Feb. 23, 2026

• CHS could slow pace of divestitures as it makes progress paying debt

  Feb. 20, 2026

• Prime Healthcare Foundation acquires Maine health system

  Feb. 18, 2026

• Ascension posts net profit as it looks to outpatient growth

  Feb. 17, 2026

• Tenet expects $250M hit from loss of ACA subsidies this year

  Feb. 12, 2026

• CDC moves to cut $600M in grants to Democrat-led states

  Feb. 11, 2026

• Kaiser increased its operating income in 2025, despite rising expenses

  Feb. 9, 2026

• HCA could lose $1B from ACA subsidy lapse, Medicaid state payment decline

  Jan. 29, 2026

• Healthcare False Claims settlements reached record $5.7B in 2025

  Jan. 21, 2026

• Kaiser affiliates to pay $556M to resolve Medicare Advantage fraud allegations

  Jan. 15, 2026

• UnitedHealthcare to pilot accelerated MA payments to rural hospitals

  Jan. 14, 2026

• CMS distributes rural health funds for 2026

  Jan. 5, 2026

• Trump administration proposes stronger insurer price transparency requirements

  Dec. 22, 2025

• Trump administration moves to bar hospitals from providing youth gender-affirming care

  Dec. 18, 2025

• Lawmakers say advanced nursing should count as a ‘professional degree’

  Dec. 15, 2025

• Hospitals look to manage expenses as uncertainty looms: report

  Dec. 12, 2025

• CHS appoints Kevin Hammons as CEO

  Dec. 11, 2025

• American Hospital Association CEO to retire

  Dec. 10, 2025

• HCA taps new VP of community engagement

  Dec. 9, 2025

• Aya Healthcare, Cross Country terminate staffing acquisition following FTC scrutiny

  Dec. 8, 2025

• HHS outlines strategy to expand AI adoption

  Dec. 5, 2025

• House passes bill extending hospital-at-home waivers for five years

  Dec. 3, 2025

• 4 tips on protecting health systems from cyberattacks

  Nov. 7, 2025

• Unnecessary back surgeries cost Medicare $1.9B: Lown

  Oct. 9, 2025

• Option Care Health taps new CFO

  Aug. 21, 2025

• Depressed volumes hounded for-profit providers in Q2

  Aug. 11, 2025

• CMS finalizes inpatient payment rate increase for 2026

  Aug. 1, 2025

• Depressed volumes drag CHS’ second-quarter earnings

  July 25, 2025

• UnitedHealth confirms it’s under investigation by DOJ

  July 24, 2025

• Tenet raises 2025 expectations, but dodges questions about policy impacts

  July 23, 2025

• Nonprofits ChristianaCare, Virtua Health explore merger

  July 17, 2025

• Medicare targets site neutrality, price transparency in hospital outpatient rule

  July 16, 2025

• Nursing home operator Genesis Healthcare files for bankruptcy

  July 11, 2025

• Hospital, health system M&A falls in Q2 as Medicaid cuts loom: report

  July 11, 2025

• CVS Caremark to pay $95M in Medicare fraud case

  June 26, 2025

• Medicaid cuts would push struggling rural hospitals ‘over the edge’: report

  June 23, 2025

• Prime Healthcare cuts 100 roles at Illinois hospitals

  June 10, 2025

• A public health grant provides a lifeline for pregnant and postpartum women in Colorado. Federal cuts threaten its stability.

  May 7, 2025

• Budget draft outlines Trump’s plan to slash federal health programs

  April 17, 2025

• ‘Everything is word of mouth’: HHS employees face uncertainty in looming Trump layoffs

  March 28, 2025

• House Republicans pass budget blueprint that could spell Medicaid cuts

  Feb. 26, 2025

• RFK Jr. clears key hurdle on path to HHS secretary

  Feb. 4, 2025

• RFK Jr. signals willingness to restrict abortion, despite prior stance

  Jan. 29, 2025

• Healthcare’s outlook in 2025: New administration spells uncertainty, but hope remains

  Jan. 29, 2025

• Hospitals no longer protected from immigration raids

  Jan. 21, 2025

• 7 of the biggest healthcare cyberattack and breach stories of 2024

  Dec. 19, 2024

• 8 experts on leveraging AI in healthcare

  Dec. 3, 2024

• Trump nominates Dr. Oz to oversee Medicare, Medicaid as CMS head

  Nov. 19, 2024

• Trump nominates RFK Jr. to lead HHS

  Nov. 14, 2024

• Federal government notches rare win in surprise billing lawsuit

  Nov. 5, 2024

• Amwell taps ex-Teladoc exec as CFO

  Oct. 16, 2024

• Supreme Court declines to weigh in on Texas emergency abortion case

  Oct. 9, 2024

• Top healthcare conferences to plan for in 2025

  Oct. 1, 2024

• Mental telehealth services have declined since end of pandemic emergency: study

  July 30, 2024

• For-profits performed worse on ‘most socially responsible’ hospital rankings

  June 25, 2024

• More than a third of healthcare organizations aren’t prepared for cyberattacks: report

  May 23, 2024

• Latest 340B ruling delivers blow to providers

  May 22, 2024

• CVS acquires Medicare Advantage broker Hella Health

  May 1, 2024

• Teladoc reports mixed results following long-time CEO’s departure

  April 26, 2024

• One year, 19M disenrollments: A look at Medicaid redeterminations so far

  April 2, 2024

• Three-quarters of health professionals project widespread AI adoption: survey

  Feb. 29, 2024

• Elevance launches weight management program, including GLP-1 monitoring

  Feb. 28, 2024

• State attorneys general urge PBM reform

  Feb. 23, 2024

• HCA Healthcare taps new CIO

  Feb. 6, 2024

• Advocate taps new chief people, culture officer

  Jan. 30, 2024

• Senator probes MA exchanges’ marketing tactics

  Jan. 24, 2024

• HSHS to close Wisconsin hospitals, health centers due to financial challenges

  Jan. 23, 2024

• Kentucky-based Baptist Health drops UnitedHealthcare, Centene MA plans

  Jan. 10, 2024

• Sutter Health taps new CFO

  Jan. 10, 2024

• John Muir, Tenet hospital deal collapses following FTC lawsuit

  Dec. 19, 2023

• House passes bill targeting price transparency, site-neutral payments, PBMs

  Dec. 12, 2023

• HCA Healthcare buys 11 emergency centers in Texas

  Dec. 4, 2023

• Healthcare bankruptcies are rising. Here are five major filings so far in 2023.

  Nov. 22, 2023

• Humana reports medical cost growth from MA utilization

  Nov. 1, 2023

• UPMC, Washington ink definitive merger agreement

  Oct. 25, 2023

• How 4 health system executives are tackling supply chain challenges

  Oct. 23, 2023

• Elevance could see $500M quality bonus revenue hit in 2025 from MA star ratings drop

  Oct. 18, 2023

• UnitedHealth raises guidance, beats Q3 expectations on stabilizing MLR

  Oct. 13, 2023

• Sanders criticizes nonprofit hospitals for not providing enough charity care

  Oct. 12, 2023

• Top healthcare conferences in 2024

  Oct. 4, 2023

• Virgin Pulse, HealthComp close $3B merger

  Sept. 27, 2023

• L.A. Care to pay $1.3M to settle potential HIPAA breach violations

  Sept. 12, 2023

• Medical credit cards ‘exploit loopholes’ in healthcare debt protection, report finds

  Sept. 8, 2023

• Thoma Bravo closes $1.8B deal to take NextGen Healthcare private

  Sept. 6, 2023

• Texas judge rules to vacate more No Surprises Act regulations

  Aug. 28, 2023

• Private equity firm in advanced talks to buy NextGen, report says

  Aug. 25, 2023

• PE healthcare deals dropped to years-low levels in Q2

  Aug. 14, 2023

• Senators crack down on nonprofit hospitals’ charity care, tax-exempt status

  Aug. 9, 2023

• Kentucky sues major PBMs over rising insulin prices

  Aug. 4, 2023

• Cleveland sues major PBMs, drug manufacturers over rising insulin prices

  July 26, 2023

• PE ownership worsens quality, raises costs, according to BMJ review

  July 24, 2023

• CMS floats 1.25% physician fee cut, 2.8% outpatient bump in new proposed rules

  July 14, 2023

• Johns Hopkins hit with class action suit following data breach

  July 12, 2023

• Telehealth visits garner fewer follow-ups than in-person appointments, Epic finds

  July 6, 2023

• Insurers report stable performance amid industry headwinds, but cost pressures loom

  June 7, 2023

• Sutter Health names first chief physician executive

  June 6, 2023

• Kaiser pledges $10M to safety-net hospital to stem ‘unprecedented financial challenges’

  May 31, 2023

• Persistent expenses drove Ascension to $1.8B operating loss

  May 30, 2023

• AHIP chief executive to step down in October

  May 25, 2023

• What 3 key congressional hearings last week mean for the industry

  May 19, 2023

• House committee centers blame on PBMs for rising healthcare costs

  May 18, 2023

• Included Health and DispatchHealth partner on virtual-to-in-home care

  May 17, 2023

• Appellate court pauses ruling blocking ACA preventive care mandate

  May 16, 2023

• Envision Healthcare files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

  May 15, 2023

• CommonSpirit taps TrinityHealth executive as new chief strategy officer

  May 12, 2023

• Oscar Health will exit from California

  May 10, 2023

• Envision Healthcare planning Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, WSJ reports

  May 10, 2023

• Abortion providers in 3 states sue over mifepristone restrictions

  May 9, 2023

• Kaiser posts $1.2B in Q1 net profit after $961M net loss in prior-year quarter

  May 8, 2023

• CDC Director Walensky to step down in June

  May 5, 2023

• Healthcare added 40K jobs in April with hospital, ambulatory gains

  May 5, 2023

• Hospital margins continue to stabilize but remain below pre-pandemic levels

  May 4, 2023

• Envision wins $91M in arbitration against UnitedHealthcare

  May 3, 2023

• Lower patient acuity, expenses drove CHS to $51M loss in Q1

  May 2, 2023

• CMS targets Medicaid payment transparency, wait times in new proposed rules

  April 28, 2023

• Molina expects half of Medicaid enrollees gained during COVID to lose eligibility due to redeterminations

  April 27, 2023

• UHS continued COVID recovery as behavioral, acute volumes boosted Q1 results

  April 26, 2023

• LCMC ordered by judge not to close HCA-acquired hospitals as legal battle continues

  April 25, 2023

• Tenet boosts full-year profit forecast after gains in Q1 volume growth

  April 25, 2023

• DOJ charges 18 in COVID healthcare frauds totaling $490M

  April 24, 2023

• HCA boosts full-year guidance on Q1 increase in net income, revenue

  April 24, 2023

• CMS walks back limits on non-standardized plan options, finalizes marketplace standards

  April 18, 2023

• Microsoft, Epic partner to integrate Azure OpenAI into EHRs

  April 17, 2023

• Privia Health names new CEO

  April 13, 2023

• Wisconsin’s Froedtert Health, ThedaCare finalize merger plans

  April 12, 2023

• Last year was second-best ever for healthcare private equity deals, Bain finds

  April 11, 2023

• Healthcare added 34K jobs in March as temp nursing demand wanes

  April 10, 2023

• Some patients still pay for ACA-mandated free preventive care, study finds

  April 5, 2023

• Sanford, Fairview delay merger again; Minnesota AG continues review of deal

  April 4, 2023

• Medicaid redeterminations have restarted. Here’s what we know

  March 31, 2023

• AHIP, AHA join forces in amicus brief to SCOTUS False Claims Act case

  March 29, 2023

• Majority of healthcare leaders struggle with inefficient data, report finds

  March 23, 2023

• DOJ drops appeal against UnitedHealth’s acquisition of Change

  March 22, 2023

• Arbiters instructed to resume No Surprises Act determinations

  March 21, 2023

• Healthcare companies may turn to big banks after SVB collapse

  March 15, 2023

• Fall of SVB hits healthcare sector as federal regulators step in

  March 13, 2023

• Biden’s proposed HHS budget aims to make pandemic-era subsidies permanent

  March 9, 2023

• Insurers, trade groups ask CMS to delay MA rule

  March 7, 2023

• Gross margins in MA market returned to pre-pandemic levels by end of 2021, report finds

  March 1, 2023

• Illinois nurses file class action lawsuit against Ascension over wage issues

  Feb. 27, 2023

• Amwell fueled R&D expenses as it focused on Converge platform

  Feb. 23, 2023

• Sutter Health taps first chief consumer, brand officer

  Feb. 22, 2023

• CHS posts 2022 profit dip on heels of cyber breach

  Feb. 16, 2023

• Elevance Health closes deal to acquire BioPlus

  Feb. 15, 2023

• Kaiser’s $4.5B loss in 2022 driven by labor expenses, investment losses

  Feb. 13, 2023

• Following decline, telehealth visits notched up 1.9% in November

  Feb. 9, 2023

• Intermountain Health taps new chief operating officer

  Feb. 7, 2023

• CVS taps new chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer

  Feb. 6, 2023

• Ascension names new president

  Feb. 1, 2023

• HCA shares slide after company forecasts drop in 2023 profit

  Jan. 27, 2023

• Record-breaking 16.3M people signed up for ACA coverage

  Jan. 25, 2023

• Pandemic continues to affect healthcare jobs, tracker finds

  Jan. 23, 2023

• Cigna-owned Express Scripts taps new president

  Jan. 19, 2023

• Tenet shakes up leadership, operations team

  Jan. 19, 2023

• Nonprofit hospitals, hammered by soaring expenses, have ‘deteriorating’ outlook: Fitch

  Jan. 11, 2023

• Sen. Bernie Sanders to target high healthcare costs as leader of influential committee

  Jan. 9, 2023

• Omnibus bill restarts Medicaid checks, lowers Medicare physician pay cuts

  Dec. 20, 2022

• Labor shortage, inflation drove Mass General Brigham to $432M annual operating loss

  Dec. 19, 2022

• CMS tackles provider availability, exchange regulations in proposed rule

  Dec. 13, 2022

• Advocate Health appoints executive leadership team after megamerger

  Dec. 7, 2022

• UnitedHealth Group projects up to $360B in 2023 revenue, buoyed by Optum growth

  Nov. 30, 2022

• Health tech companies weigh options to stem cash burn as IPO market sags

  Nov. 21, 2022

• Hospitals expected to end year with negative margins, Kaufman Hall says

  Nov. 4, 2022

• Low admissions lead to $42M net loss for CHS, despite lower contract labor spend

  Oct. 27, 2022

• ‘I don’t feel safe.’ Abortion bans add new uncertainty to fertility treatment

  Oct. 24, 2022

• HCA shares fall after COVID-19 admissions decline in Q3

  Oct. 21, 2022

• Providence to refund some 760 low-income patients wrongly charged for care

  Oct. 6, 2022

• Stopgap Senate bill advances, but leaves COVID-19 funding behind

  Sept. 28, 2022

• Bipartisan Senate bill aims to boost mental health access, improve worker shortages

  Sept. 22, 2022

• Hospitals sending ‘distress flare’ after billions in projected 2022 losses

  Sept. 16, 2022

• Sutter Health taps Oschner executive as new CEO

  Sept. 15, 2022

• AMA joins plaintiffs in class-action lawsuit against Cigna

  Sept. 14, 2022

• Sen. Lindsey Graham introduces his strictest national abortion ban yet

  Sept. 13, 2022

• Robert Riney will lead Henry Ford Health

  Sept. 8, 2022

• Ezekiel Emanuel on the state of COVID-19 in the US and the ‘major issue’ of healthcare burnout

  Sept. 6, 2022

• BHSH taps new chief people officer

  Sept. 2, 2022

• Proposed CMS rule would streamline Medicaid, CHIP enrollment

  Sept. 1, 2022

• Funds for free COVID-19 vaccines could run out as early as January, HHS says

  Aug. 31, 2022

• HHS tells governors it ‘won’t hesitate’ to tap DOJ for states violating EMTALA

  Aug. 26, 2022

• CVS, Amazon, UnitedHealth are among bidders for Signify, Bloomberg reports

  Aug. 22, 2022

• Oak Street Health’s CMO weighs in on new ‘home run’ healthcare law for vulnerable patients

  Aug. 18, 2022

• House passes bill extending ACA subsidies, allowing Medicare drug price negotiations

  Aug. 15, 2022

• CDC, HHS release environmental index as federal government ramps up climate oversight

  Aug. 11, 2022

• CMS moves toward guidance on health equity, climate change

  Aug. 8, 2022

• Senate passes bill extending ACA subsidies, adding Medicare price negotiations

  Aug. 8, 2022

• CVS could look to regional buys as it plans primary care acquisitions

  Aug. 3, 2022

• CVS beats Q2 expectations, Aetna revenue rises nearly 11%

  Aug. 3, 2022

• DOJ sues Idaho over near-total abortion ban in first post-Roe challenge

  Aug. 2, 2022

• Geisinger appoints first chief wellness officer

  Aug. 1, 2022

• Senate Dems reach draft deal to extend ACA premiums, lower drug costs

  July 29, 2022

• Tenet stock jumps as system reins in Q2 labor costs

  July 22, 2022

• HCA beats Wall Street expectations in Q2 after earlier dip in guidance

  July 22, 2022

• Tenet cybersecurity incident hits Q2 volumes

  July 22, 2022

• Texas sues HHS over emergency abortion guidance

  July 15, 2022

• Intermountain Healthcare taps chief digital executive

  July 13, 2022

• Biden to sign executive order aimed at protecting abortion access

  July 8, 2022

• WVU Health System appoints first chief nursing executive

  July 8, 2022

• Marketplace insurers denied 18% of in-network claims in 2020, data shows

  July 6, 2022

• AMA 'deeply disappointed' with SCOTUS EPA ruling

  June 30, 2022

• CVS long-term care unit Omnicare taps new president

  June 30, 2022

• Rising expenses offset small hospital gains in May, report finds

  June 29, 2022

• Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending constitutional right to abortion

  June 24, 2022

• Meta hit with class action suit alleging it mined providers' patient data

  June 23, 2022

• Molina to pay $4.6M to settle False Claim Act allegations

  June 22, 2022

• AMA presses policies on abortion, guns, climate at annual meeting

  June 21, 2022

• Kaiser Permanente, Arizona hospital hit with cybersecurity breaches

  June 14, 2022

• Payers to return $1B to enrollees after record years of rebates, KFF says

  June 3, 2022

• Telehealth visits dropped in March amid better COVID-19 outlook, new report finds

  June 3, 2022

• Black patients more likely to face hospital security response, study shows

  June 2, 2022

• Steep expenses, falling patient volumes stifled hospitals in April

  June 1, 2022